Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1887-04-29
GEORGE O. BARNES
GOD Is LOVE AND NOTHING ELSE,
PRAISE THE LORD.

DEAR INrERtoR We had a sort OF pemi
cyclone yesterday, 10 celebrate my ooh
birthday and buo2 tue ths words o'
weather. wisdom that fell from an old farm
era week ago at the postohi e There was
quite promise Of rain that dsy, for which
everybody was longing bat the old fellow
shook hi. head and oracularly remarked
There ain't in TO be rain to do any
good. fore the mDon change, no" mind
vhAtIsNy" Sure enough the moon chang
ed iust about the time when there Was
small deluge, to c,lsbaIe that weather
breeding event There must be something
in the N on" have heard 40 often that
auhNf deg ,sel - credit II. BsthatU 1t
may, Yesterday ai.ernoou, after part'cu-
larry "a ~, du-tv day, there came up out
OF the wr-l viciou..lookins ereeniah black
cloud. OF decidedly oyclonic character,
which vac the precursor y no small TEN
r..lp 6-., q sind ADD then OF rain. Not
much d,m,gs va. done, bu, the oak trees
tossed their green branches very ifanucaIly
for about half an hour, and loosl thinss
had 10 look out for Themselves generally
Then came ar,guIar downPour, that hsye
no doubt, c,u.ed the old farmer, wherever
be was, when the rain cane, 10 shake hts
old weather .be,,en head and say, What
did tell you, kaoWed thar wouldnt b.
rain ill tue moon changed
Tue torrent. OF water searched our old
she,I Of house "a very uno 1nlor'aols
fashion Toe gir,.' room was iodei by
burs,ed gutter ipou; mine dripPed over
had from loose shingles and believe 9th
ers suaered similar discomfort. But 30
welcome VA. the rain, even 10 this devils
fashion, tbs, We gladly euiurei It. could
no, help con 'ra.,ing the gentle shower, la''
written shout, With thi. dashing do~np 'ur.
Ye, thi. discom6,Iiog torten, "A4 the old
farmer predicted rain TO DO some good
HM the dear LORD seat 1t 10 He way,
am sure /, woul 90, have come In this
.asteful 70 lior; for hail OF tran ell 10 the
great ga.he- it cut for itself, With its impa
eat ourr n ,doin no 10 q, but only marring
the landscape. Ye, "ou, OF the eater there
still COMES mea'; out Of tae stron; sweet
pes." And our God extract. something
go,d even fro N the form, OF blessing moot
mured BIZ S,tan's malice Bat sure | am
of this. thAt th,re il not = blessing that
"eomes down from abo Se" that the Prince
o. the power OF the air" doe. not Try to IN
tsrcepl. or falling that, deliver it, /" near
the character OF curse "a his malice can
transform il. Thus the old Conflict OF the
A,e.n goes on, aid will, tall our Jesus come
in triumph to "brui-e our enemy under oui
feet"
We donnef goloshes' aud I'm ickint 'sh
g." "a the Euglish .loshily aud not inap-
propriately call our rubbers and water
proof, TO get to the Capitol when the hour
Lr .srvice arrived. It Was raining, but mol
heavily. TIE room was brilliantly lighted
"A usual. bat only one gentleman, in long
rubber coat, had ven,ured out. Bless you
J,ct .on pc pc don { 10 out to meeting on
r,iny niehts. am told that an attendance
nigh, after night lea marvel, even with
ps,feot weather. And have noticed, with
out sludiug tot publicly, or reproving
IT, how non ehdicrIy some CT our Capital
fink. come strolling in. At all hour; seem
ing not NJ all embarrassed 10 arriving hall
an hour after service has commenced; out
rather ssionished that there should have
been any beginning At all before they came
have noticed this AZ rather "Cipi'ai
Characteristic. suppose here, and in 9th
arg,vernmeutal centres, there ia necss'sTi
~ . csrtain amount Of concei. OF poetic
that one must expect, and conveniently
overlook when It crops out Well, jackson
i, not An exception to the general rule de-
U,h,ful A, il the pace, and most agreeable,
a, are its people, for the most part
sodo M, imagine for q nom snt that the
failure OF M congregations to material re
at the proper time /, IA sign OF failing inter
at Tn. fact il, no one dreamed there
would b. any msetinS on such night i'r
.mmrs there we're score, Of deeply interested
psople. who il they had known the evange'
Ii.ts were at the Capitol, would have brav-
al any westher 10 meet them. The look OF
innocent surprise on the faces OF those l
met this morning, wnen they learned that
the house had been lighted and we had
BAN in attendance, told me how the land
lay"
weeIchsng ed few pleasant words with
AZ, fr;snd ia the long mac kiutosh aud came
home sgsin. As Marie rather wittily re-
marked, "the cuspidors had the door" We
had no, particularly noticed them until
the light before, ~hso We so' into rather